The framing of some Arab uprisings along sectarian lines is reductionist and entirely misleading Story highlights From Pakistan to Lebanon, passing through Bahrain and Yemen and Syria; political tension and violence are attributed to ...

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, (LeJ) is most feared sectarian origination in Pakistan, which since its coming into being in 1996 is involved in fierce militancy and has killed hundreds of Shias in the country. Punjab (Pakistan) police's Counter Terrorism ...

Extremism Concerns Growing in West and Predominantly Muslim Countries Worries Especially Widespread in Western Europe and U.S. By Jacob Poushter As the Islamic militant group ISIS continues to entrench itself in Syria and Iraq, and instigate ...

It is premature and wholly illogical to term the decisions announced after the Narendra Modi-Nawaz Sharif meeting in Ufa, Russia, as either a "breakthrough" or even the breaking of a "deadlock". The announcements, at best, reflect a recalibration of ...

It was last year that the Taliban in Afghanistan reached out to ISIS and urged it towards moderation by avoiding extremism. Coming from the Afghan Taliban these statements were laughable for many, but in actuality indicated severe rifts between the ...

, 6:50 am Quetta is the center of Baluchistan, located in a basin and encircled by mountains and regarded as an entry to Afghanistan. Quetta€s residents are from diverse ethnic clusters. The major ethnic groups residing in Quetta are Pashtuns, ...

the Afghan Parliament was attacked by jihadi extremists while it was in session. According to Haseeb Sediqi, a spokesman for the National Directorate of Security, Afghanistan's intelligence agency, preliminary investigations revealed that Bilal, an ...

- ALTAF Hussain's statements few days back demands serious attention. Words like street wars in Karachi, meaning blood shed or perhaps a civil war like condition should he be removed from MQM leadersip could be interpreted either way. It would mean ...

Although Pakistan's economic freedom has advanced modestly in recent years, led by upticks in investment freedom, monetary freedom, and trade freedom, these gains have been largely counterbalanced by deteriorations in labor freedom and business ...